Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jerry Maguire (1996). He is the son of Shirley (Sullivan), a vocalist, and Cuba Gooding Sr., a singer and actor. His paternal grandfather was Afro-Barbadian, while his other family is African-American.

Cuba’s paternal grandfather was Dudley MacDonald Gooding (the son of William Gooding and Edith Augusta Walcott). Dudley was born in Barbados.

Cuba’s paternal grandmother was Addie Pearl Alston (the daughter of Robert Alston and Mattie Mae/May Edwards). Addie was from Nash, North Carolina. Robert was the son of Ernest Alston and Nannie Lynch. Mattie was possibly the daughter of John Edwards and Carolina Cooper.